New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-03
THE GRAVES COLLECTION

The Galleries filed with miscellaneous
crowd paintings Oriental and European porcelns and
cuos and other objects by the late
of Brooklyn Perhaps the collection deserves credit fof
considerable unseshness since only spirit OF sesacrf
fee can explain OF his acquisitions. As every one
knows good collection represents experience and pro-
cess of sitting AS well certain TASTE natural or Guilt
waited Mr.. Graves bought many paintings and appar
emily kept every from the beginning OF his career
His collection therefore, is like a geologists section
which shows the succession OF past ages There are
the old masters" including some from the Bona
marta se There are Dusseldorf pictures with very fair
examples of both at the head OF the list
and various specimens OF the French artists
whose pictures to be found In every gentlemans
gallery The collectors taste seems TO have inclined
toward figure pieces snowy in cooring like the modern
Italian paintings the clever Des and others in this col
lection and there also stories told oy German and
modern Antwerp artists The American pictures arc
curiousy mixed" like the rest OF the collection, when
contains in all about 200 paintings.
OF these few deserve consideration and think that
the visitor will be repaid by pausing first before
the large Michel in Gallery A. Its size
Is against it, and six or eight inches OF
the sky might well be spared bur the splendid sweep OF
the M6ntmartrc landscape, with Its substantial varied
distance rich IL sombre colorins Will appeal to
the thoughtful amateur There are other Miches. and
one In the large gallery has certain excellence OK
quality but this picture is above them all The REM
brandtes0ue ee the lower part of the sky supplies
the more unusual element but the landscape, In all
Miches work. makes the picture, though the subject DO
simple and apparently little changed In the same gal
ery hangs jacques large shepherdes dated 1882 an
attempt at study hardly prepossesng ncoor
ing or figure work. although the sheep painted faith
fully but without breadth of execution. Opposite this
hangs Bouguereaus :" lie jour-" one Of the Later
examples of this artists merercious painting for effect
snowy popular" work done for the market There Is
better example far as the execution goes IN me o
hanll
and immediate landscape, Out tnougnt tame III its ,
seob through the weakness OF SKY ana distance ahds
Duprf are reminders OF the scney SALE which Is sug
geste by sketch by Rousseau when might almost naVe
Sesn done s be- viewed by with curiosity
doubt though Is generously furnished "lth ooth
iect might we'll be his nothing of Rousseauin
the garshness of the colorng nor IN certain points
on be other hand we are informed that this picture has
the guarantee OF NJ. Durand Reuel. who Is certainly
competent expert and some OF It's eccentiees nrs eN
plained as due the bunglng application oI an INFERIOR
kind OF vansh TO say nothing OF 1ne watRs Oh mo
hard 70 believe that it carried ont by Rousseau
Granting that the original sketch Ss TnGh sere
might well indicate that - the picture was
painted in By another other han The sronS Ses Of the
water which kill" sky and distance are IN no way
Corots earlier manner We cannot commend highly the
Tmyons although are willing to accept poth AS eary
sth Ru the Corot and and Dazs Venus"
are unsatisfactory, TO say the least ps' a no
proper handling and they contain none OF the
Vital qualities of the artists. A little genre
nv Edonord Frere two studies BY isabcy Van MarNKe
oRihot and large schreyer may also be noted Reots
Genre is not up TO the work which we nave had
here but it has force and certain pictorial MORT as
opposed 10 current Photographic htelasi. o,nio.cls
"Gypsy Encampmen painted ABOUT twenty ye, ME,
has some power, but little beauty Mon'eei anu me
are inadequaely represented There are eAaPes . %
Courbct lie Roux Lesrcl. Merle, Homer poms meS =;
GrnlerOu Escosura Casanova ana pu.n,u go Who ,r.
the names would be unfamiliar even W tose H i.
Guent all exhibitions As 10 the oia 's. ,ha met
To- be said The socaed Raphael Is s ae ne.
w., .ttrhuted 10 Guido REM contains tOiciple
% mitch Senres are OF little interest although mere Is
some good painting in tho largest picture nss,sho n
Steen and the pictures attributed 70 hupSn, na7s
thora H. some fair painting OF characteristic models;
have nothing Of the ORIG Rubc an ses sar' work.
con- sically they are worth slight consideration
If the American pictures are 10 be ranked aeeons ~
SIZE one mentioned first Many typographical details are
gven with considerable fidelity, and even u eSr
little question OF art mere aS bv directing attention
the colossal scale OF Rocky Mountain ana b am Even
LITERAL objective manner charaeterIeu J,ed IA early
not by imagination An ihIr mes there there is one
Ssr. 1887 aascompanIsd " two other examples
one is pleasing Il hardy 6ayid Johnson is repre-
sentod more fully than any other Ameriral which
sunset and or two others there scn less evident
Mr. Wedons wedding Gown" generally a nre he OBJ
picture marred BY sSo nj he subordinate
and ar Moeers clever detail painting ~ Includes
be nSts sy re ss cd M % Sy
~ h Moore Among other American wor. Tss Parting
S$ Getting Tassr os M:s. MI wi
redse. Brown De Haas Diemn rIcs IL group Of jades
Weir and so which com
tain good specimens. amer uaS than duality but the
collection Of these ana o1 S ho hau
upper gallery may pro- OF lhssae'' " '''o
lie shops OF dealers IN pfic-*"'"~